Match Report
Ocean City Nor'easters, 1st with 40 points, sat 21 points above Reading United (3rd, 19). Recent form told a different story for Reading United: only 48th in the league over the last five rounds despite sitting 3rd. Scoring rates set the scale: Ocean City Nor'easters 2.93 scored and 0.5 conceded per game, Reading United 2 and 1.71, with the league averaging 1.87.
Ocean City Nor'easters entered with seven wins in a row, having scored in 15 consecutive games. The last-five ledger: Ocean City Nor'easters 15/15, Reading United 7/15.
Across 7 recorded meetings, Ocean City Nor'easters have 3 wins to Reading United's 2, with 2 draws, at 1.71 goals per meeting. Home advantage has meant little here: 0% of the meetings went to the host.
Carey Stadium staged the fixture, a ground that holds 4,000. Ocean City Nor'easters led 3-0 at the break — the second half brought no more goals and it finished 3-0.